# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-torrens
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:54:45.417Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-torrens"
name: "Robert Torrens"
slug: "robert-torrens"
description: "Sir Robert Richard Torrens,, also known as Robert Richard Chute Torrens, was an Irish-born parliamentarian, writer, and land reformer. After a move to London in 1836, he became prominent in the early years of the Colony of South Australia, emigrating after being appointed to a civil service position there in 1840. He was Colonial Treasurer and Registrar-General from 1852 to 1857 and then the third Premier of South Australia for a single month in September 1857."
tagline: "19th-century South Australian politician responsible for the introduction of Torrens title"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Richard_Torrens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1812-05-31"
deathDate: "1884-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.7
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.480850666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Richard_Torrens"
    title: "Robert Richard Torrens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "روبيرت تورينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Richard_Torrens"
    title: "Robert Richard Torrens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Роберт Торренс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Richard_Torrens"
    title: "Robert Richard Torrens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Торренс, Роберт Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7350436"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump